It looks like Verizon Wireless isn’t the only section of Verizon looking to impose some changes. As of Sunday, Verizon has doubled the early termination fee on FiOS from $180 to $360. Today, to go along with the ups in the ETF, Verizon has added more options including faster Internet connection.
Normally an upgrade in speeds isn’t too much of a big deal. The new FiOS offerings, however, are offering symmetrical 35 Mbps speeds. That’s 35 Mbps up and down, which could prove useful for those who like to stream or download HD content. The only issue looks to be that the new speeds are only available with the new Ultimate HD package. The Ultimate HD package also includes phone and TV, with a number of “premium” HD channels like Showtime and NFL RedZone. The plan will run you $140 a month for the next two years of the contract, unless you want to pay $360 to get out of it.
The new ETFs paired with the high prices of the services definitely makes it seem like somewhat of a bad deal. The exception of a few live events like sports, it almost seems to me that being locked in a two year contract that involved TV might be a bad move. It’d be just as easy to buy a Boxee Box, or any other box to stream content from your computer or the Internet rather than pay for TV service. That symmetrical 35 Mbps is quite tempting, though.
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what 35 Mbps speeds,I cant imagine it ,then downloading a film might takes only just 10 minutes